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Patented May 28,1918.

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Be it known that I, GABLOS Cox, a citizen of the United States, residinga of Wa gton, have invented a certain new and useful lmprovement inContainers, of which'the following is a specification,

My invention relates to .1m rovements in containers having 'controllab eoutlet passageways, and the object of my invention is to provide acontainer which shall be adapted foruse by vendors of candy, shellednuts and the like, which container may be I filled with small pieces ofcandy, as forin- 1$ stance, lemon dro s, or shelled peanuts, and

which container s all embody a controllable outlet passageway throughits bottom portion, together with operatively associated measuringdevices, whereby separate like m portions of the contents of saidcontainer may be caused successively to be extracted fiom' saidcontainer through its said outlet passageway.

I accomplish; this object by devices illushh trated I in theaccompanying drawings,

- wherein Figural is a plan view of one form of structure embodying myinvention; Fig. 2 is a view of the same in horizontal section on brokenline 2,2 of Fig. 3; Fig.3 is a view of the same'in vertical section onbroken line 3, 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 4 is aview of the same in vertical section on broken line 4, f Fig.1.

which like reference nume'ra indicate like parts, 5 designates a hollowsupporting base only one end portion of-which is shown, a complete oneofwhich supporting bases is at adapted to support a plurality 0 separateand independently operative structures em-{ bodying my invention, onlyone of which structures s shown as associated with said one end portionof said supporting base 5.

5" A measuring receptacle 6, of the form of a hollow cylinder having aradial :flange 7, is disposed to project vertically: downward through anopening formed in the top wall 8 of the supporting base 5 with its saidflange 7 secured. to-.the top surface of the wall 8 by screws 9. V

Extending lvertically upward from the upper surface of the flange 7 isan annular w: 10 whose internal surface is concenat Sedro' woolleigninthe county of Skag1t andState I Referring to the drawin throughoutSpecification of Letters ratent. Batentefi May 28, 1918, Application andm 21, 1917. serial no. Home.

trio with and spaced from theinner surface of the receptacle 6, therebyto form a socket within which is disposed the open bottom end of acontainer 11 of well known. form that is preferably made of glass.

The container ll'is provided with a small openin 12in its. top end whichisnormally closed y a cover 13 which'may be removed during the operationof filling the container with merchandise to be sold by dry measure. Theinternal dimensions of the receptacle 6 are such as will adapted it tocontain the required certain quantityof merchandise that is to beextracted and delivered from the container 11 response to each ofsuccesslve-operations of the mechanism of the structure. 7

Fastened to the exterior surface of the t lower portion of thereceptacle 6 is an an- I gular bracket 14, as shown in Fig. 4:, within'the outer end. of whose horizontallyzwdisposed portion is formed ashaft bearing within which is journaled the lower end of a 'rotativelymovable shaft 15 which extends vertically upward'to project its upperend a ,portion through and above the horizontal wall 8 of thesupporting'base 5 and a bear ing formed in an outwardly projectingintegral portion of the flange 7 within which bearing said upper endportion of said shaft 15 is journ'aled.

Rigidly fastened to the lower end portion of the shaft 15 adjacent tothe under side of the bracket 14 is a shutter plate 16 that projects ina horizontal plane that adapts it to open and close the bottom end ofthe receptacle 6 in response to rotative movements of the'shaft 15 in anobvious manner.

The shutter plate 16'is formed in outline to resemble a sector betweenwhose radii is an angular distance of about 120 degrees, as indicated bythe dotted lines 17 in Fig. 2 and the relative diameter of the lower end0' the receptacle 6 is such that the shaft 15 may be rotatively movedthrough an angular distance of 60 degrees without displacingsaidshutterplate 16 sufficiently to permit any'of the contents of thereceptacle 6 to be emitted.

therefrom.

Rigidly fastened to the u ing end portion of the sha the to wardly project- 15, adjacent to surface of the flange 7 is a horizonta y projectinghand lever 18 which may be manually actuated rotatively to move thebase, as shown in Fig. 1, to engage with and limit the movements of saidhand lever 18.

The relative circumferential positions of the hand lever 18 and theshutter plate 16 on the shaft are, such that when the hand my lever 18isdisposed to engage with the limit pin 20 as indicated by dotted lines21 in Fig. 1) t en the shutter'plate 16 will be disposed as indicated bydotted lines 1"? in Fig.

2, thus wholly to open the bottom end of the l5F receptacle 6 to permitits contents to be discharged downwardly therefrom.

But when the hand lever 18 is dis osed to engage with the pin 19 (asindicate b dotte lines 22 in Fig. 1) then the s utter 29 plate 16 willbe disposed (as indicated by dotted lines 23 in Fig. 2) so that its lefthand halt portion will close the bottom end of the receptacle 6.

As shown more clearly in Fig. 4, fastened 25 on the shaft 15, in aposition spaced from the under side (a the wall 8, is a sleeve 2 1 whichis provided with an integral lug 25 on its upper end portion, which lug25 is oi the form of a semi-annular flange and is dis- 39 posed with itsinternal surfacev concentric with the peripheral surface of said sleeve2%. Freely mounted on the shaft15, in a position to engage with theannular surface or the upper end of the sleeve 2% and with the internalsurface of the semi-annular flange 25, 1s a hub 26 from which extends ina hori-.

zontal plane an integral curved arm 27 that I is thus adapted to move ina horizontal plane through an angular'distance of 60 degrees withrelation to the semi-annular flange 25,

such movement being limited by the vertical edges of said flange 2 5which edges are adapted to engage with therespectively'ad acent oppositeshoulders 28 and 29 formed on the arm 27 as shown more clearly in Fig.2.

Disposed to surround the sleeve 24a is a strong helical spring 30 thelower end of which is fastened to said sleeve 2 1 and the so upper endof which is fastened to the curved arm 27, which spring 30 is adapted toexert its force with a tendency to cause the arm 27 to be dis osed withits shoulder 28 in contact with t e adjacent vertical edge of thesemi-annularflange 25.

Fixed in the arm 27 to extend from the inner curved side in circularlines that are concentric with the axis of the shaft 15, are a pluralityof spaced pointed tines 311 which so are adapted to be projected througha slot 32 formed to extend through one side of the 7 upper portion ofthe wall of the receptacle 6 1n a position registering with the path ofthe arm 27', whereby at times required said 5 tines 31 may serve as agrate-like shutter to nearest prevent merchandise from passing from thecontainer 11 into the receptacle 6.

lit it be desired to reduce the capacity of the receptacle 6 in order tomeasure a smaller quantity of merchandise, a hollow cylinder 33 ofsmaller diameter and provided with outwardly projecting flanges on itstop and bottom ends, may be inserted into said receptacle 5 through itsupper end to dispose it in the concentric position indicated in Fig. 1,thus to reduce the diameter of the edective space within said receptacle6.

Thus, by providing a plurality of hollow cylinderssimilar to the hollowcylinder 33 but each of a difierent internal diameter, the capacity ofthe receptacle 6 may be changed in an obvious manner as may be desired.

Removably disposed to project into and through an opening in the frontside wall of the supporting base 5 is a well lrnown form of scoop 3awhich is disposed with its bottom inclined upwardly from said front sidewall to extend to a point beyond the bottom of the receptacle 6 therebyto adapt it to receive merchandise that may issue from the bottom end ofsaid receptacle 8, said scoop 3 1- being supported by a sheet metalhanging bracket 35 that is fastened to the underside of the top wall 8.

@bviously the supporting base 5 may be made of a length suitable forsupporting any desired number of containers 11 and their associatedmeasuring devices.

While 1 have shown a grate-like shutter embodying the tines 31 forpreventing merchandise irom falling from the container 11 into thereceptacle 6, a shutter for such purpose may be made to embody a solidplate of sheet metal instead of t1nes, like the tines 31, but a shutterformed of tlnes like tines 31 has the advantage in operation of notbeing so easily obstructed in 1ts movements by some forms ofmerchandise, as, for instance, merchandise composed of a mixture ofshelled nuts, loose raisins and small 1 pieces of candy, while a shuttermade of a solid metal plate has the advantage of being adapted tocontrol the dew fromthe container 11 into the receptacle 6' ofmerchandise that is of a granular form, like granulated sugar.

The operation or" a structure embodying my invention, in the mannerillustrated by the drawings, may be described as follows: The lever 18is disposed in the position ind1- cated by dotted lines 22 which willthus cause the left hand portion of the shutter plate 16 to be disposeddirectly beneath the bottom of the receptacle 6 and the lever 27 in aposition to dispose the tines 31 exterior to the top portion of thereceptacle 6, and

thereupon the cover 13 is removed from the V I container 11 and adesired merchandise, as, for instance, shelled peanuts, 15 introducedinto the container 11 to fill it and the receptacle 6 whereupon thecover 13 is replaced to protect the contents of said container 11 fromdust and dirt.

Then, if it be desired to extract a quantity of peanuts from thecontainer 11 that is equal to the quantity contained within thereceptacle 6, then the lever 18 is swingingly moved toward the righthand to engage with the limit pin 20 to assume the position shown bydotted lines 21 in Fig. 1, and in the course of such movement of thelever 18. when it arrives to the position shown by full lines in Fig. 1,where it is midway between the limit pins 19 and 20, the tines 31 willhave assumed the position shown in Fig. 2, thus to intercept the pamageof peanuts from the container 11, and a continued movement of the lever18 to the limit pin 20 will cause the shutter plate 16 to be disposed inthe position indicated by dotted lines 17 in Fig. 2, thus to permit thecontents of the receptacle 6 to fall into the scoop 3a which may then bewithdrawn from the supporting base 5 to empty it into a paper bag fordelivery to a purchaser, and then the lever 18 is swung back intoengagement with the limit pin 19 again to cause the left hand halfportion of the shutter plate, 16 to close the bottom of the receptacle 6and to cause the tines 31 to be withdrawn from the upper portion of saidreceptacle 6 thus to permit it again to be filled with peanuts.

If it be desired to extract a smaller predetermined quantity of peanutsor other merchandise from the container 11, then the container 11 isremoved temporarily and a hollow cylinder, like the cylinder 33 of arequired diameter, is disposed within the receptacle 6, as indicated inFig. 4, whereupon the container 11 is replaced in its socket and againfilled with merchandise which can then be extracted in successivequantities 4 measured by the receptacle 6 in the manner described.

Manifestly, changes may be made in the forms, dimensions and arrangementof parts of my invention without departing from the spirit thereof.

What I claim is In a structure of the class'described, the combinationwith a hollow supporting base having a hole through its top wall, of areceptacle of the form of a hollow cylinder disposed to projectdownwardly through said hole with its upper end portion fastened to saidtop wall, said upper end portion beingrprovided with a slot extendingthrough one side of its cylindrical wall; a container having an openingthrough its bottom and adapted to be disposed to rest on said top wallwith its said opening over the hole through said top wall of saidsupporting base; shaft bearings associated with said receptacle withtheir axes in the same vertical line spaced from and parallel with theexterior cylindrical surface of said receptacle; a shaft verticallydisposed to be rotatively movable in said bearings with its upper endportion projecting above the-surface of said top wall; a shutter plateof the form of a sector rigidly fastened to the lower end portion ofsaid shaft in a position to adapt it to swing in a horizontal plane to aposition where it will serve as a removable bottom for said receptacle;a hand lever fastened to the upper end portion of said shaft to swing ina horizontal plane above said top wall; a grate-like shutter freelymounted on the upper end portion of said-shaft adjacent to the undersideof said top wall and adapted to be rotatively movable in a horizontalplane to project it through the slot in the upper portion of said oneside of the wall of said receptacle thereby to obstruct the passagewaybetween said receptacle and said container; and a helical springassociated with said shaft and with said grate-like shutter,

and adapted to exert its force with a tendency to dispose saidgrate-like shutter to register with a certain portion of said shutterplate with respect to its circumferential position on said shaft wherebywhen said shutter plate is not in a position to serve as a bottom wallof said receptacle, then said grate-like shutter will be in a positionto obstruct the passageway between said container and said receptacle.

In witness whereof, I hereunto subscribe my name this 11th day of May A.D. 1917.

- CARLOS COX.

Witneses W. T. 001m, EMMA H. Gunmen.

